3 magical novellas!
In the antique shop 'Second Chance' resides a painting that is unique. It is titled 'Midnight Magic'. Legend states that it was painted by a sorcerer as an escape hatch. He did not get what he wanted out of this life and he longed to escape to someplace better. So he used magical paint to create an environment where he could be happy. Once the painting was completed, the sorcerer entered the painting, traveling into the universe he'd created on canvas and never returned. When most people look at the painting, they see only dots. However, once in a while, the painting seems to choose someone who is deserving of a second chance. When that person looks upon the painting, they see shapes, objects, and/or people among the dots. And if the person wants it badly enough, they can step into the painting being transported to the past, future, or even off of Earth depending on where the painting knew the person needed to go. As this book begins, Mr. Garrison is the custodian of this special painting. ........................ SECOND CHANCES by Rebecca York...... Antique dealer Sara Drimmon is contacted by Mr. Garrison to come view his gallery. Sara enters the painting to find herself transported one year into her past, to the first day she met Matt. Matt had been the love of Sara's life. But he had died in a burning building. Arson had been involved. Now Sara has been given a second chance to find love with Matt. She must, somehow, change events without anyone believing she is crazy. This will be hard to do since Matt is only meeting Sara for the first time and Sara's mother had been classified as Depressed before she died. ........................ ULTERIOR MOTIVES by Susan Kearney..... Merline Sullivan is a beautiful singer who has lost her voice. While running from the press, Merline takes refuge in an antique and art gallery. The new owner, Sara, locks the doors to keep out the press. While waiting for the press to give up, Sara shows Merline 'Midnight Magic'. Merline enters the painting to find herself transported to Space Station Alpha-Gamma Five, far from Earth. The medic program upon the station heals Merline while she meets her rescuer Tomm Jabal of Siraz. From Tomm, Merline learns that she is over three hundred years in the future. The beautiful singer must adapt very quickly and hopes to use her singing talent to get back to Earth. Problem is that Dubane Fik, the station's wealthiest resident, intends to cage Merline as his own, personal, song bird...literally. ................................ TEMPTATION by Jeanie London..... Set in 1713, St. Michaels, Maryland. Nina de Lacy has a rare talent. However, she knows not if it be a blessing or a curse. With the tiniest touch of someone, Nina sees their death and, during her visions, gives them directions toward salvation. Gray is the only one who has ever been able to touch Nina without consequences. Of course she must be careful. There are those who would call her a witch. With her always is her stoic guardian, Gray Talbot, Earl of Westbury. They had left their homeland and came to the colonies for a chance at a new life. Gray takes Nina to sit for a portrait painting with Master Verbrugges. It is not long before Verbrugges has the two standing in front of 'Midnight Magic' and explaining the legend. Gray and Nina both see the same thing, a man staring back at them. Even more startling is the fact that the man they see is nearby. His name is Damian Hart. And Damian had seen THEM in the same painting. Master Verbrugges urges Gray and Nina to meet Damian. Strangely enough, Damian also can touch Nina without consequences. Nina finds herself with a difficult decision and the two men must wait for her to tell them their future. ................................ ***** This novel will haunt your imagination for quite a while after your completion of it. Each author tackles a different time and place, yet remain linked by way of the painting. I give one word of warning though
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Overview
A magical painting, a mystical gateway…
Legend has it that a heartbroken artist used magical paint to create the beautiful "Midnight Magic"--and then stepped into the painting and was never seen again. Or so Sara Drimmon is told when she visits the Second Chance Gallery in Rebecca York's "Second Chance." Sara experiences the magic for herself when the painting sends her into her own past and gives her a second chance with her first love.
Then it's Sara's turn to introduce someone to the painting--and she chooses Merline, a beautiful singer who's lost her voice. In Susan Kearney's "Ulterior Motives," the painting sends ...